PJFL , thank you for the welcome !
I'm glad that you like my avatar, best movie ever !
Anyway , I did some research on atropine and lidocaine.
My son in law is a physician and we were in a rushed conversation but he did say that they are only used in a clinical setting ( not prescription) ........apologies to those of you who knew that, I had no idea.
He also said that one or both are rarely used today. I can't remember exactly which he said, so I researched online.
I found that the American Heart Association discontinued recommendation of of Atropine in ACLS ( advanced cardiac life support) in 2010.
http://roguemedic.com/2013/10/why-did-we-remove-atropine-from-acls-part-ii/#comments
I also went to a trusted nursing message board that I've used before when my daughter was in nursing school. I don't know if I'm allowed to link to it or mention it so I won't unless told otherwise.
This site had nurses on various threads discussing these 2 drugs .
Most were in agreement that they don't use lidocaine for arrhythmias anymore , and one nurse stated that she'd only seen it used 2 times in 17 years in an arrest situation and doesn't even think that they keep it stocked on their crash carts anymore. Another nurse stated that she's only seen it used by " old time docs".
So I'm not sure what to make of that ??
2 things that I feel strongly about is :
1-that they need to saturate the area highlighted on the map of her last days. They need to saturate all hospitals , hospices and long term acute care facilities, EMTs, funeral homes, and medical schools in those areas. The actual photograph should be shown to these personnel if not released to the public . Fax the image to all managers to share with employees - Before it's too late and then years go by and nobody remembers anything.
If you wait too long, people move on, get new jobs and then it's simply too late.
I know it's a big job, but not impossible being that they do in fact have an area narrowed down.
2- there is still the issue of the body farm in Tyrone township ( 1 hour 15 minutes away from where the head was found).
I will be seeing my daughter who is a nurse and my son in law who is a physician this week. I will pick their brains some more about these 2 drugs and this case in general.